Discussion:
City Council Awarded the bid for the Memorial Park Bridge and Trail Project, Capital Improvement Plan project PA-19-09, to S.M. Hentges & Sons, Inc., on December 1, 2020. The contractor is scheduled to proceed with the project, starting January 2021.
City staff will need assistance from engineering and archaeological consultants to complete the construction administration and inspection portion of the project. City staff has worked with WSB and Associates to develop a scope of work needed to deliver the project. WSB and Associates and their team that includes Blondo Consulting LLC., have the experience, technical skill, and capacity to provide the needed services and is an approved firm included in the city's consultant pool. The attached Professional Services Agreement authorizes and describes the scope and fees for their work on this project.
It should also be noted that substantial archaeological work and monitoring is required to be performed as part of the in-construction monitoring tasks of the project due to the known archaeological sites in the immediate project area.